Sequencing a cat’s genome with crowdfunding: the LilBubome

Have you ever thought about contributing to the sequencing of a complete animal genome? What information could you read out of such a genome sequence and how much would the sequencing cost?

EMBL Alumna Uschi Symmons wants to exactly do that and aims to raise money to sequence the genome of Internet celebrity cat ‘Lil Bub’. She and her colleagues would like to use the sequence information to study combinations of traits in the LilBubome such as polydactyly and osteopetrosis.

Read more about this interesting project on EMBLetc. or have a look at the LilBUBome website.